Canby v. Ingersol

Assumpsit for work and labour. Plea, the general issue. Judgment for the plaintiff.

The parties made an agreement under seal, by which Ingersol, the plaintiff below, agreed to dig certain mill-races for Ganby, the defendant below, in a particular manner and by a specified time; and the latter agreed to pay him therefor a designated price. The work was commenced and a part of it performed, under the contract, by the time specified; a considerable portion of it, however, remained undone at that period, but was finished afterwards, with the approbation of Ganby and agreeably to his instructions.…